Alexander Grozny
is a graduate of the so-called “accelerated studies” program. This program
existed at MMI during 1979-1987 and offered nine-months studies in Portuguese,
Farsi and Dari languages. Graduates of that program were sent to serve in
various countries for 2-4 years, and then returned to MMI for completion of
their studies (for four years in most cases).

In 1983-1987 he served with
various units in Moscow, and was transferred to the City of Riga
in 1987. Riga belonged to the USSR at that
time. He was stationed there until 1990, when he resigned as captain. He started
several businesses in Riga, the city that
became capital of independent Republic of
Latvia in 1991. His efforts included antique stores, a travel agency, and a car
dealership.

He relocated to Koeln, Germany,
in 1997, and shortly thereafter he stood at the helm of Finanz Trend, a company
providing insurance, investments, loans, other financial products, and involved
in real estate business. He has been managing the company since then.